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- Mangal Pandey was born on 19 July 1827 in Nagwa, Uttar Pradesh.
- He belonged to a Brahmin family.
- He is known as the first freedom fighter of India.
- He is recognized as the forerunner of India’s first battle for independence.
- He sacrificed his life to get the country out of the grips of the British.
- He is known for a Sepoy mutiny of 1857.
- He was a brave soldier of Barakpur, Bengal.
- He refused to use the gun smeared with fat.
- He openly shot dead two British officers.
- He was hanged to death on 29th March, 1857.